22.03.2016 10 comments
Reported by Tony Dugan
Naxos held round 5 of the 2016 season 1 electric buggy race. 15 year old Uwe De Zwart from Austria and Dan Phillion from Canada were the top two qualifiers at a very demanding and unforgiving track. Qualifying third was none other than the Swedish sensation, Robert "I'm on top of the " Hillman. Dan and Robert are standing one and two respectively in the 2016 official season standing with Tommaso Andreuccetti, 33 from Italy, holding on to the 3rd position.
During the first few laps, the top few racers remained within striking distance with average lap times between 37-38 seconds. A mistake by Zwart at the finish line ending lap 4 made for a higher than average time on lap 5. While Zwart was being marshalled at the start of lap 5, Hillman caught Zwart and was leading heading down the straight away in front of the drivers stand. Oddly enough, Zwart and Hillman both hand their slowest lap on lap 5 and fastest lap on ... read more
10.02.2016 18 comments
Race report by Larry Blair (VRC Pro Race Reporter)
The 2016 Pro E-Buggy series made its 2nd stop at the beautiful facility at Silver dollar 3 and just as the facility is beautiful so was the lineup for the pro A main. Lots of big names would qualify for the final and racing all throughout the field would be very intense, especially between 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. 1st through 5th finished with 22 laps while 6th through 9th finished with 21. In the end the top 3 would only finish 7 seconds apart. The points battle has begun for the season title!
Uwe De Zwart would put on a dominate performance from start to finish. He wasn't challenged much at all and when he did see a challenge, he overcame it with ease. Lap after lap the 14 year old phenom was able to distance himself and pull off super fast lap times and take the first place podium at the buzzer! He would post 22 laps with a fast lap on lap 6 of 31.194 with a race average of 32.260 and a t... read more
02.02.2016 8 comments
Report by Larry Blair (VRC race reporter)
Round 1 of the 2016 1/8 E-Buggy season kicked off at Buenos Aires in what looks to be one of the most competitive classes to date. All the racers in the pro A main showed tremendous skill and patience and driving at a very competitive race pace. The top 4 drivers were only separated by 10.64 seconds at the end of the race and 5th place through 9th were separated by around 12 seconds. 1st through 4th finished with 17 laps and 5th through 9th finished with 16 laps. Needless to say the Pro A main was close and intense!
Dan Phillion stole the show in the end with consistent lines and excellent throttle control to hit each apex close and score the first victory of the season. Lap after lap Dan was clicking off 41 second laps with few mistakes and trying to hold off stiff competition from Johannes Lamprecht and Kuba Luczak. Dan M... read more
